Many scientific problems entail labeling data items with one of a given, finite set of classes based on features of the data items. For example, oncologists classify tumors as different known cancer ...

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Mr. Currell was a deputy undersecretary and senior adviser at the Department of Education from 2018 to 2021. He is a trustee of Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minn. This week, about 200,000 ...

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If they beat the Eagles on Sunday, the 49ers will become the first NFL franchise to record 40 playoff wins. The 49ers are 39-25 in the postseason in their history, and their 39 wins are the most ever.

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I’m walking in the Eifel Mountains in western Germany, through cathedral-like groves of oak and beech, and there’s a strange unmoored feeling of entering a fairy tale. The trees have become vibrantly ...

Explore how backward induction helps solve game theory problems by working from the end backward to determine optimal actions. Learn with practical examples.